How it Works

Exede Internet links your computer to the Internet with a high-speed connection through one of our high-capacity satellites. Your Exede service connects your home or small office to the Internet at speeds much faster than a dial-up connection, and at speeds faster than many DSL or wireless services offer.

With WildBlue’s new Exede12 service, file transfer speeds may be more than 200 times faster than dial-up and can be as much as 8 times faster than a typical 1.5 Mbps DSL service. A small 30 inch satellite dish, about the same size as a satellite TV dish, and a satellite modem are all you need. ViaSat provides the equipment and our nationwide team of certified professionals will install the service at your home. Standard installations are free.

A typical Exede Internet customer setup:

Computer connects to modem
Via ethernet or wireless router.

The Exede Modem
transfers data to the antenna dish.

The Exede Internet Dish
Sends and receives signals to and from our satellite.

ViaSat-1 Satellite
Relays information to and from your dish to the gateways.

Gateways
Connect our network to the Internet.

In the Home

Today’s Internet

Exede Internet brings today’s Internet to life with a whole new world of information, services and entertainment.

Browse the Web at incredibly fast speeds

Go on a shopping spree at Amazon

Connect with friends on Facebook and Google+

Download your favorite music from iTunes

Enjoy YouTube videos

Share your digital photos with friends and family

Do research and schoolwork, online banking, email and much, much more.

The Exede Satellite Dish

The Exede satellite dish (30″ x 28″) receives signals from one of our satellites, and sends signals your home back up to the satellite. No phone line or other wired connection is required. The Exede dish can be mounted on your roof, on a wall, or on a pole in the ground near your house. ViaSat provides professional installation of the Exede satellite Internet equipment, which will take approximately 2-3 hours.

Exede Satellite Modem

Your Exede satellite modem will connect your computer or router to the Internet. Once your wireless router is connected, Exede will power all your Internet-enabled devices through your home network.

Our Infrastructure

ViaSat Satellites

ViaSat (the company that provides WildBlue and Exede Internet services) operates the world’s most advanced Ka-band satellite system. We provide Internet services in all 50 states with our four satellites high above the earth, in geostationary orbits more than 22,500 miles over the equator. Our newest and most advanced satellite, ViaSat-1, was launched in October 2011 and is the world’s highest-capacity communications satellite. ViaSat is the world’s leading innovator in satellite communications technology.

ViaSat Ground Systems

ViaSat has over 30 large satellite earth stations located throughout the U.S. and Canada that very efficiently connect our customers directly to the Internet. Each earth station consists of large antennas, microwave transmitters and receivers, and other Internet routing and switching equipment to quickly send traffic from customer terminals to the Internet and back. The entire network is designed to be redundant and highly reliable, and is remotely controlled from our Network Operations Center in Denver, Colorado.